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The Bulgarian Way

Big Beyond Belief and the 6 “Bulgarian Principles” for Strength and Muscle Growth Plus, Real Bulgarian Training      For a couple of decades now, I have pushed the methods that I believe to be the best for fast gains in muscle mass, strength, and power.  Unless this is your first time visiting this blog or reading any of my articles, then you are already well aware of what these methods are.  I believe, without a doubt, that high-frequency training (HFT) where you train a muscle group or lift at least 3 times per week, along with full-body workouts, and multiple sets of low reps are the superior methods.  There are many different workouts, however, that you can follow that use these methods.  Most of my personal training, and the methodology that I have used to train lifters I’ve worked with over the years, has utilized, primarily, Bill Starr’s heavy-light-medium system, along with various Russian methods, in addition to the powerlifting ...

Thursday Throwback: THE BULGARIAN METHOD TO MASSIVE MUSCLES

   The following is an article of mine that first appeared in the July/August 2013 issue of Planet Muscle  magazine .  I thought this would be a good "Thursday Throwback" piece since I just mentioned Bulgarian-style training in my recent essay "4 Tips for Serious Lifters" where I presented some ideas of strength coach Nick Horton - a proponent of the "Bulgarian method" - who said "overtraining doesn't exist."  Whether you agree with that statement or not, you shouldn't really argue against it, or for it, unless you have at least attempted the sort of training that Horton was discussing.      (With regards to the defunct Planet Muscle , in the future I would also like to do a piece on its founder and editor, Jeff Everson, who died suddenly in 2019 at the age of 68.  Everson and I became friends over the course of me working for him.  And I miss my friend.)      On with our Throwback: Iconic picture of the iconic weightlifte...